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I have been seeing this award around for a while and I thought it was pretty cool. However, nobody ever tagged me for it, so I never got to share some of my secrets. Now, I advise you all to be afraid, very afraid Mwahahaha! (That was my evil laugh. No good? Damn! \u003d/)\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003c/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003eWell, the Honest Scrap works like this. I will list 10 true things about myself and then tag 10 more blogs to go through the process. So, let's get started.\u003c/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003c/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e1 - I started college back in Brazil when I was 17 years old. Studied English Language for 4 years, never graduated though, because of one class. Started teaching at 17 and taught English as a Second Language for 7 years.\u003c/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003c/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e2 - I drank my first beer at 14 and got really drunk and sick for the first time at 17. Worse scenario with alcohol was with Tequila. Drank 21 shots in 40min (lost count after that) and ended up at the hospital taking glucose. I can only remember the next morning, waking up with my mom saying: \"Do you have a hangover?\" me: \"No\" mom: \"That's a shame\" LOL\u003c/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003c/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e3 - I am the queen of falling down. I have fallen in a movie theater, at school, at the school I taught 7 times, at least 11 times on nights out, 3 at restaurants (including last week), at a supermarket, on the street a few times and probably more that I can't recall hehe.\u003c/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003c/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e4 - I love drawing. I draw women's clothes and some abstract. I have been drawing for a long time, thought I haven't drawn in a while.\u003c/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003c/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e5 - I had my biggest Smex Fantasy realized on my second time. Being tied up and blindfolded. There were clothespins, whipped cream, ice and candle wax involved as well. Best night EVER!\u003c/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003c/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e6 - I lost the big V at 23. No regrets. Perfect timing and it was with the right person. I was not in love and it didn't last. However, it was absolutely worth it. Refer to \"truth\" #5 \u003d)))\u003c/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003c/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e7 - My first Paranormal Book was \"Narcisisus in Chains\" by Laurel K. Hamilton. I got it as a gift. I bought 2 more after thatm but then couldn't find anymore back in Brazil. Years later (around Oct. last year) I heard of the Vampire Diaries series. I read them all, then all the other LJ Smith books. Followed that with The Twilight Series (read it 5 times) and the rest is history. 335 Books Later you can find me Reviewing Books here \u003d)\u003c/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003c/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e8 - I Have Poli-Arthritis Rheumatoid Juvenile since I was 11. It is an inflammation of the articulations. In my case in all of them. I am in constant pain because of it, but I have been through a lot of treatments and it has been stationary for a while now.  I am thankful for this disease though. It has made me grow is way I never thought I would. I was supposed to be in a wheel chair by now. I was supposed to not be able to work or drive. I have never let this disease take the best of me and I have always tried to keep a positive attitude about it.\u003c/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003c/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e9 - I love playing pool and Drinking beer. I am pretty good at both. I've been better in beer drinking, but I haven't drank much lately \u003d)\u003c/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003c/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e10 - I love to dance. Never did it seriously, but love it. I can samba pretty well, since I have been doing it since I was 6 years - old. Oh and I learned how to read at 5 years old, mostly by myself. Always reading Billboards and everything around. It was a pain for my school to place me. Too young for 1st grade and I knew too much for needing to be alphabetized.\u003c/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003c/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003eOh well, that's it. I think I might have been too honest. Though there is nothing there I am ashamed of. I live with no regrets. Every experience I have been through has its own value and I wouldn't change it for anything in the world.\u003c/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003c/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003eTime to tag some bloggers... Hmmmmm lets see:\u003c/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003c/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003eSagi @ \u003ca href\u003d\"http://sagis-randomness.blogspot.com/\"\u003eSagi's Randomness\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003eRex @ \u003ca href\u003d\"http://rexrobotreviews.blogspot.com/\"\u003eRex Robot Reviews\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003eTigris @ \u003ca href\u003d\"http://tigriseden.blogspot.com/\"\u003eBlood Moon\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003ePat @ \u003ca href\u003d\"http://peaceloveandpat.blogspot.com/\"\u003ePeace Love and Pat\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003eMarissa @ \u003ca href\u003d\"http://dream-mistress.blogspot.com/\"\u003eMarissa's Book Lair\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003eHeather @ \u003ca href\u003d\"http://bookobssessed.wordpress.com/\"\u003eBook Obsessed Girl\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003c/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003eI seriously can't think of anyone else right now. I think most that I can think, have already done it... so... I am sorry if I forgot anyone, it's almost 11am here and I have not slept yet, since yesterday...\u003c/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003c/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003eThanks for tuning in to this extraordinary showing of Larissa's Life.\u003c/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003c/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003eNow back to our Regular Programming!\u003c/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003c/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003eI'll see you soon!\u003c/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003c/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003exoxo\u003c/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003c/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003c/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003c/div\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\u003cdiv class\u003d\"blogger-post-footer\"\u003e\u003cimg width\u003d'1' height\u003d'1' src\u003d'https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2153478020914909915-8975376243649100225?l\u003dwww.larissaslife.com' alt\u003d'' /\u003e\u003c/div\u003e"},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http://www.larissaslife.com/feeds/8975376243649100225/comments/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID\u003d2153478020914909915\u0026postID\u003d8975376243649100225\u0026isPopup\u003dtrue","title":"15 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2153478020914909915/posts/default/8975376243649100225"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2153478020914909915/posts/default/8975376243649100225"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http://www.larissaslife.com/2009/11/it-might-be-honor-just-to-be-nominated.html","title":"It Might Be An Honor Just To Be Nominated, But..."}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Larissa {Larissa's Bookish Life}"},"uri":{"$t":"http://www.blogger.com/profile/18029884909672059641"},"email":{"$t":"larissa.sarah@gmail.com"},"gd$extendedProperty":{"xmlns$gd":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005","name":"OpenSocialUserId","value":"01493130661835462417"}}],"media$thumbnail":{"xmlns$media":"http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/","url":"http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_O6kzenyhNUI/SxI1Biqz8XI/AAAAAAAAAbg/o9k4sYTVUBU/s72-c/honest_award150.jpg","height":"72","width":"72"},"thr$total":{"$t":"15"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2153478020914909915.post-9142161376641543204"},"published":{"$t":"2008-10-06T00:25:00.002-03:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2008-10-06T00:46:37.448-03:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Getting Serious"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Getting Personal"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Random"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"Gimme More?!?"},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"It's no secret that everyone has an addiction... Whatever it may be, some addictions are definitely more serious than others...\n\nBeing addicted to Drugs, Alcohol, Sex, Work and so on... Usually lead to awful consequences and the fight against them is far from easy...\n\nI feel sometimes that people (me included) can throw around the word \"addiction\" too much and there is a huge danger to that... the danger of minimizing what it is to be an addict...\n\nI have more than one occasion called myself a TV show addict... and as I was writing my next sentence just now, where I stated that I could go on not watching my favorite shows... I just realized that I can't... I mean... if for some reason I wasn't able to download them, I would hunt down some way to get them... That is sort of a scary realization to me... they are just TV shows and even though right now, I am following over 20 of them... There are a few that I couldn't stop watching for anything in this world...\n\nRecently, while talking to a friend... He stated that addiction is not a disease... and to be quite honest, that statement pissed me off horribly... and it offended me personally, since my grandfather was an alcoholic... we went on this discussion that gradually just made me more and more irritated, specially when he said addiction is a choice...\n\nI believe we chose to indulge ourselves... but we become addicts when we just can't control it anymore... I usually describe the difference between and addict and someone that is not one, by saying that and addict needs the object of his/her addiction... whilst a non addict, doesn't have that need...\n\nI think I had more to say but I'm not even sure anymore... the realization I just made while writing this post is freaking me out... I mean, I'm not going to stop downloading the shows I love... but I don't stop my life for it... I go out, have fun... when I'm home and doing nothing I sit and watch my shows... Should I be worried?? I am actually questioning that as I write here...\n\nWell, since I came to realize this I will be sure to not let it rule me and keep my eye open I guess... I am honestly confused right now lol... 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Granted, I have nothing to do with the \u003cstrong\u003eUS elections\u003c/strong\u003e... but this Sunday is also elections in \u003cstrong\u003eBrazil\u003c/strong\u003e...\n\nVoting is a part of being a citizen and should not be taken for granted... sometimes we think: \"one vote is not going to make a difference\"... but if everyone thought like that it would be terrible...\n\nDon't vote just for the sake of it... Vote because you care what happens to you country, your society... be a citizen and show you care...\n\nThe PSA is really cool... full of celebrities... they use humor to get their message across...\nPay attention to the \"FRIENDS\" joke... it's AWESOME...\n\n\u003cobject width\u003d\"425\" height\u003d\"344\"\u003e\u003cparam name\u003d\"movie\" value\u003d\"http://www.youtube.com/v/0vtHwWReGU0\u0026amp;color1\u003d0xb1b1b1\u0026amp;color2\u003d0xcfcfcf\u0026amp;hl\u003den\u0026amp;fs\u003d1\"\u003e\u003c/param\u003e\u003cparam name\u003d\"allowFullScreen\" value\u003d\"true\"\u003e\u003c/param\u003e\u003cembed src\u003d\"http://www.youtube.com/v/0vtHwWReGU0\u0026amp;color1\u003d0xb1b1b1\u0026amp;color2\u003d0xcfcfcf\u0026amp;hl\u003den\u0026amp;fs\u003d1\" type\u003d\"application/x-shockwave-flash\" allowfullscreen\u003d\"true\" width\u003d\"425\" height\u003d\"344\"\u003e\u003c/embed\u003e\u003c/object\u003e\n\nCelebrities on the video:\n\n\u003cstrong\u003eAmy Adams, will.i.am, Jennifer Aniston, Kevin Bacon, Halle Berry, Kate Bosworth, Kevin Connolly, Courteney Cox, Ellen DeGeneres, Leonardo DiCaprio, Jamie Foxx, Jonah Hill, Dustin Hoffman, Anthony Kiedis, Ashton Kutcher, Adam Levine, Laura Linney, Eva Longoria, Tobey Maguire, Demi Moore, Natalie Portman, Giovanni Ribisi, Ethan Suplee, Kyra Sedgwick, Michelle Trachtenberg, Usher, Forest Whitaker and Djimon Hounsou.\u003c/strong\u003e\n\nAnother cool election related video is a scene from the new season of \u003cstrong\u003eThe Simpsons\u003c/strong\u003e... Where \u003cstrong\u003eHomer\u003c/strong\u003e tries to vote for \u003cstrong\u003eBarack Obama\u003c/strong\u003e and the machine only computes votes for \u003cstrong\u003eJohn McCain\u003c/strong\u003e...\n\nHilarious:\n\n\u003cobject width\u003d\"425\" height\u003d\"344\"\u003e\u003cparam name\u003d\"movie\" value\u003d\"http://www.youtube.com/v/1aBaX9GPSaQ\u0026amp;hl\u003den\u0026amp;fs\u003d1\u0026amp;color1\u003d0xe1600f\u0026amp;color2\u003d0xfebd01\"\u003e\u003c/param\u003e\u003cparam name\u003d\"allowFullScreen\" value\u003d\"true\"\u003e\u003c/param\u003e\u003cembed src\u003d\"http://www.youtube.com/v/1aBaX9GPSaQ\u0026amp;hl\u003den\u0026amp;fs\u003d1\u0026amp;color1\u003d0xe1600f\u0026amp;color2\u003d0xfebd01\" type\u003d\"application/x-shockwave-flash\" allowfullscreen\u003d\"true\" width\u003d\"425\" height\u003d\"344\"\u003e\u003c/embed\u003e\u003c/object\u003e\u003cdiv class\u003d\"blogger-post-footer\"\u003e\u003cimg width\u003d'1' height\u003d'1' src\u003d'https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2153478020914909915-6863153606814682218?l\u003dwww.larissaslife.com' alt\u003d'' /\u003e\u003c/div\u003e"},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http://www.larissaslife.com/feeds/6863153606814682218/comments/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID\u003d2153478020914909915\u0026postID\u003d6863153606814682218\u0026isPopup\u003dtrue","title":"0 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2153478020914909915/posts/default/6863153606814682218"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2153478020914909915/posts/default/6863153606814682218"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http://www.larissaslife.com/2008/10/doing-your-part.html","title":"Doing your part..."}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Larissa {Larissa's Bookish Life}"},"uri":{"$t":"http://www.blogger.com/profile/18029884909672059641"},"email":{"$t":"larissa.sarah@gmail.com"},"gd$extendedProperty":{"xmlns$gd":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005","name":"OpenSocialUserId","value":"01493130661835462417"}}],"thr$total":{"$t":"0"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2153478020914909915.post-4547619149313865115"},"published":{"$t":"2008-10-01T17:39:00.004-03:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2008-10-01T18:07:30.288-03:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Getting Serious"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Funny stories"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Only in Israel"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Israel"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Getting Personal"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Opinion"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"There is nothing to fear...?!?!"},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"I remember the last time I walked around the streets of Copacabana in Rio de Janeiro... It was my last visit to the Sochnut (Jewish Agency) before my alyiah... I was born in Rio and I was supposed to be used to it... but I wasn't... I felt so self conscious walking around there, so scared... it was such an awful feeling...\n\nA little while later I realized it wasn't just there... even in the small city I had been living, I felt too uncomfortable walking around the streets on my own... granted that it was not as bad as in Copacabana, but even so...\n\nNow, I am here... I'm in Tel Aviv, such an European city... but still here, in the middle east... I am not scared... I can walk alone at 4am and I am not scared... I feel safe here and I appreciate that feeling... That is one of the many reasons I love living in Israel...\n\nDon't get me wrong, I have had a couple creepy situations involving cab drivers that could have scared me a lot... once a driver simply asked for a kiss when we got to my house, another kept asking me out during the whole ride... during the most recent experience, the driver kept asking me to come over to his house to cook for him... lol... I laugh at those stories now... but while they were happening, they were quite scary...\n\nFear is an amazing thing; it can keep us from living... I could say I’m traumatized and never get into a cab alone again... but, so what??? Life is supposed to be scary... I can get out of my house tomorrow and get hit by a car, can't I??? What's the point of living if you don't take chances???\n\nOf course, getting back on a horse after a fall is terrifying... but being on that horse once more, and succeeding at it... Is amazing... you can never know that feeling if you don't try...\n\nPost Soundtrack:\n\nKaty Perry - I kissed a girl\n\u003ca href\u003d\"http://www.youtube.com/watch?v\u003dNoKPi8xtyjA\"\u003ehttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v\u003dNoKPi8xtyjA\u003c/a\u003e\u003cdiv class\u003d\"blogger-post-footer\"\u003e\u003cimg width\u003d'1' height\u003d'1' src\u003d'https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2153478020914909915-4547619149313865115?l\u003dwww.larissaslife.com' alt\u003d'' /\u003e\u003c/div\u003e"},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http://www.larissaslife.com/feeds/4547619149313865115/comments/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID\u003d2153478020914909915\u0026postID\u003d4547619149313865115\u0026isPopup\u003dtrue","title":"0 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2153478020914909915/posts/default/4547619149313865115"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2153478020914909915/posts/default/4547619149313865115"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http://www.larissaslife.com/2008/10/there-is-nothing-to-fear.html","title":"There is nothing to fear...?!?!"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Larissa {Larissa's Bookish Life}"},"uri":{"$t":"http://www.blogger.com/profile/18029884909672059641"},"email":{"$t":"larissa.sarah@gmail.com"},"gd$extendedProperty":{"xmlns$gd":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005","name":"OpenSocialUserId","value":"01493130661835462417"}}],"thr$total":{"$t":"0"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2153478020914909915.post-5009649373448033902"},"published":{"$t":"2008-05-05T10:12:00.004-03:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2009-11-14T14:05:06.058-02:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Getting Serious"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Getting Personal"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Stolen Stories"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Opinion"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"The \"Last Lecture\"..."},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"It amazes me the fact that I never need to go after inspiration to write here... and it is also great that it comes fom a series of different places... It can be from something I read, something I see, something that happens to me, a conversation with a friend... It really does not matter, all it matters is that it does come and I get to do one of my favorite things... Write here...\n\nWe all complain about a lot of little things in life... lack of money, lack of things, we have to walk too much, to drive too much, I have to study a lot, I'm bored, I don't have anything to do and so on... Granted that any of those complaints can be valid within a certain context... However, once in a while something happens that makes us put it all in perspecive and simply appreciate all we have...\n\nCarnegie Mellon Professor Randy Pausch, is dying from pancreatic cancer, He gave his last lecture at the university in Sept. 18, 2007, before a packed McConomy Auditorium. In his amazingly moving talk, \"Really Achieving Your Childhood Dreams,\" Pausch talked about his lessons learned and helped people look at their own lives differently.\n(More info on: \u003ca href\u003d\"http://www.cmu.edu/randyslecture\"\u003ewww.cmu.edu/randyslecture\u003c/a\u003e)\n\nHis outcome in life is inspiring and even though he is dying and is gonna leave behind his wife and three kids, he has taken upon himself to leave behind his view of life...\n\nI watched his appearence on Oprah (Thanks to Jacob... :D), which was a small part of his full lecture... That was what inspired me to come here and write...\n\nHe gave his \"last lecture\", which is some sort of tradition amonsgt professors... It's the last lecture they would give if they knew they didn't have much more time to live... In Randy's case, that is actually the reality...\n\nIt made me think about my \"last lecture\"... granted that I have never given a lecture, but it made me think about what lessons I have learned in life and what would be my legacy...\n\nI don't compare my life to his of course... but, I have learned in first hand about a lot of things he talks about... never give up, live life with a smile, have fun...\n\nI was diagnosed with Poli arthritis Reumatoid when i was 11... It is an inflamation of the joints, in my case ALL joints (I know I know... old people's disease... what can I do lol)...\nI went from practicing pratically any sport out there, to not being able to simply ride a bike... It was hard and the pain was tough to deal with... However, I never let it get me down, I never let it take over me, I was always a happy kid... Despite the other kids, who were not very helpful... always making fun of me for limping and stuff like that... I got through it... and had a few other obstacles as well... There was a time no one believed I was gonna be able to work, drive... I was supposed to be in wheelchair... None of that took charge of my life... I did it all... I was a teacher for 6 years, I can drive (and love it) and no, Im not in a wheel chair... I have limitations, but they dont make me who I am... I own the disease, not the other way around...\n\nDon't feel sorry for me... I am thankful to the disease nowdays, it helpped me become the person I am today... an I really like that person... :)\n\nLife is supposed to be lived with a smile... Sometimes there are some not so great moments, but a good attitude can go the distance... Friends and family make all the difference and I am forever grateful to mine... I live life as fully as I can... everyday is a new adventure and there are no obstacles I can't surpass...\n\nTake a look at Randy's lecture... It is life changing at the least:\n\n\u003cobject width\u003d\"425\" height\u003d\"355\"\u003e\u003cparam name\u003d\"movie\" value\u003d\"http://www.youtube.com/v/ji5_MqicxSo\u0026amp;hl\u003den\u0026amp;rel\u003d0\u0026amp;color1\u003d0xe1600f\u0026amp;color2\u003d0xfebd01\"\u003e\u003cparam name\u003d\"wmode\" value\u003d\"transparent\"\u003e\u003cembed src\u003d\"http://www.youtube.com/v/ji5_MqicxSo\u0026amp;hl\u003den\u0026amp;rel\u003d0\u0026amp;color1\u003d0xe1600f\u0026amp;color2\u003d0xfebd01\" type\u003d\"application/x-shockwave-flash\" wmode\u003d\"transparent\" width\u003d\"425\" height\u003d\"355\"\u003e\u003c/embed\u003e\u003c/object\u003e\n\nPs: no music today... The lecture sings enough :)\u003cdiv class\u003d\"blogger-post-footer\"\u003e\u003cimg width\u003d'1' height\u003d'1' src\u003d'https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2153478020914909915-5009649373448033902?l\u003dwww.larissaslife.com' alt\u003d'' /\u003e\u003c/div\u003e"},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http://www.larissaslife.com/feeds/5009649373448033902/comments/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID\u003d2153478020914909915\u0026postID\u003d5009649373448033902\u0026isPopup\u003dtrue","title":"1 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2153478020914909915/posts/default/5009649373448033902"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2153478020914909915/posts/default/5009649373448033902"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http://www.larissaslife.com/2008/05/last-lecture.html","title":"The \"Last Lecture\"..."}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Larissa {Larissa's Bookish Life}"},"uri":{"$t":"http://www.blogger.com/profile/18029884909672059641"},"email":{"$t":"larissa.sarah@gmail.com"},"gd$extendedProperty":{"xmlns$gd":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005","name":"OpenSocialUserId","value":"01493130661835462417"}}],"thr$total":{"$t":"1"}}]}});